After a week’s delay due to snow, the “Food For 70’s Rockers” finally hit the airwaves…

Jona Lewie started a show for the 2nd time, but this time in the kitchen & in his own right (he was the voice for Terry Dactyl) & Paul Young fronted Streetband & told us of his love for & all the delights of different types of toast – perfect for the morning after the party…

Toast wasn’t the only mention of bread tonight; we had Budgie ("Breadfan"), Godley & Crème (sandwiches), Queen (rhye) & Bread themselves. We also had a lot of fruit mentioned too, with The Stranglers (peaches), Aerosmith (apples), The Groundhogs (cherries) & Rory Gallagher (grapes). New York is the big apple & Supertramp sang about “Breakfast In America”, while Sweet sang about “Co-Co” & you might have co-co pops cereal in the morning…

As it was the night before the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s untimely death, we had to feature something from the great man & “Meat City” was food-related & the flip-side to his single “Mind Games”. Neil Diamond’s “Cracklin’ Rose” is actually about a drink, not pork skin…

We covered all sorts of food – 10cc sang of soup, Genesis sang of chocolate, Elton John sang of soft cheese & Cock Sparrer sang of French fries – most of which is not true. For those with a sweet tooth (we had The Sweet earlier of course), the ‘Stones’ sang of “Brown Sugar”, Steve Miller sang of “Wild Mountain Honey” & Mountain sang of “Dreams of Milk & Honey” [nice link], while Dr Feelgood introduced us to booze, with “Milk & Alcohol”…

According to Kiss, “Cold Gin” has the same effect as little blue pills, while Lynyrd Skynyrd & The Doors both seemed to prefer whiskey/whisky. “Alabama Song” was written in 1927, but even older was Scott Joplin's “Maple Leaf Rag” by Keith Emerson, written in or around 1897. Billy Joel’s rag is much more recent…

Whiskey (Irish) & whisky (Scottish) are both made from barley, most of which is harvested in the EU, whilst the vast majority of Maple Syrup comes from trees in Quebec, Canada. I don’t know where it comes from, but the Sassafras plant is where root beer gets it’s name…

Next week is another special show – the “70’s Rock pre-Christmas Party” show (with no Christmas songs) & the week after will be our Christmas special (with Christmas songs)…

The full playlist for this weeks show was as follows:

1

Jona Lewie

You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties

2

Streetband

Toast

3

The Stranglers

Peaches

4

Alice Cooper

Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)

5

Supertramp

Breakfast In America

6

The Sweet

Co-Co

7

Neil Diamond

Cracklin' Rosie

8

John Lennon

Meat City

9

Budgie

Breadfan

10

Aerosmith

Adam's Apple

11

The Rolling Stones

Brown Sugar

12

The Groundhogs

Cherry Red

13

Cock Sparrer

Chip On My Shoulder

14

Dr. Feelgood

Milk And Alcohol

15

10cc

Life Is A Minestrone

16

Godley & Creme

Sandwiches Of You

17

Elton John

Philadelphia Freedom

18

Bread

The Guitar Man

19

Genesis

Ripples

20

Steve Miller Band

Wild Mountain Honey

21

Mountain

Dreams Of Milk And Honey

22

Queen

Seven Seas Of Rhye

23

Kiss

Cold Gin

24

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Whiskey Rock & Roller

25

The Doors

Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

26

Rory Gallagher

Barley & Grape Rag

27

Keith Emerson

Maple Leaf Rag

28

Billy Joel

Root Beer Rag

29

Steely Dan

Pretzel Logic

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